My surgeon told me that my post-surgical pathology report was very good
and assured me my prospects for a complete cure were high.  I did know
that the margins, seminal vesicles and lymph nodes were clar. At the
time, I didn't press him for further details, and I've avoided the

You getting me confused. All these millionares.We need a report now on
Nader. Cavuto i can trust.
           Rich

are there any stats as the percentage of men who have surgery for the
complete removal of the prostate and the doctor who perform the surgery
states ' that they got all of the cancer, that it was retained with in
the prostate', and the psa rises to indicate cancer is still in the

hi folks - here's just a thought to make one go h-u-u-u-mmm.
breast cancer and prostate cancer behave in similar fashion, growth
patterns and treatments are similar.  
tonight on the news, in the health portion, scientists has definitely

I recently posted a question about staging, referring to fact that
before surgery my tumor was staged as T1c and after surgery as T2b.
I've done a google search, and I think I understand it better now.
The important distinction is between clinical staging, done before

    When I had my RRP I was approached to donate my prostate and
seminal vessels to some company in Massachusetts that would do
reasearch "that could save lives".  I have never heard anyone else on
the ng mention anything like that.  I am sure that state laws vary on

Recently, someone asked about nutrition and PCa and dammit if I didn't get a
newsletter from my Prostate Cancer Networking Group about it.  There are 9
bullets:
1.  Good nutrition reduces the incidence of prostate cancer.  "No doubt

Ok, here's some ammunition for LRP proponents. Also shows RRP wannabees what
you'll look like post-op.
This is me the day the catheter came out (Rated PG13?):
http://www.iglou.com/members/wakep/RRPIncision.jpg

I'm going to have surgery on Mar 30th.  I want to get this behind me.

Hi, folks! I hadn't posted here with any regularity though I had checked
with the group from time to time. First a summary of my CaP history:
Age 56 - no health problems
Have been a long-distance runner since 1974 and still run 20-30 miles per

Philski:
   How about an update on the incontinence?   Did you improve?  When I
first had the catheter out I had to use the urinal to walk from the bed to
the bathroom because the urine just came out.  For several months when I

Hi Group;
I'm just past my 2nd month of the first 4 month Lupron shot. Up until about
2 weeks ago side effects were almost nil. The the hot flashes started with a
vengence -sometimes 4-5 in a row and worse at night. Was also getting a

Approximately, ten years ago, my seventy-eight year old father was treated
for BPH. My understanding (still learning) is that BPH increases one's PSA
number.
Last Tuesday, my father's biopsy result showed that he does have Prostate

History:
July 2003  PSA 35  Thalidomide and Leukine discontinued.  Lupron initiated.
Sept 2003  Chemotherapy Adriamicin/ketoconozole, Taxotere/estramustin
1 Nov 2003  PSA 23

My seventy-eight year old father (PSA39.5) had a biopsy taken last week and
we should receive the results tomorrow.
During our last visit, the doctor informed us that he will eventually ask us
to visit his office in order to hear a forty-five minute talk about things